Water-motor



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W. R.- WHITE.

WATER MOTOR.

Pate n ted June 18,

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W. R. WHITE. WATER MOTOR.

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WILLIAM R. WHITE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 499,269, dated June13, 1893.

Application filed October 3, 1892. Serial No. 447,633 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM R. WHITE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle,

This invention relates to hydraulic motors;-

andit has for its object to provide certain improvements in machines ofthis character which will render the same much more powerful anddurable, and at the same time will provide a construction, whereby thevarious parts thereof are easily assembled and also separated from eachother.

With these and many other objects in view which will readily appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinaftermore fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:Figure 1 is an end View of a hydraulic'motor constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is avertical transverse sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 isa detail side and front elevation of a section of the buckets.

Referring to the accompanying drawings A represents a circular orcylindrical casing terminating at the bottom thereof in a discharge neckor spout B, said casing being supported upon suitable standards or legs0 in any desired location or position. Eccentrically journaled withinthe opposite sides of said casing is the wheel shaft D, upon which shaftis securely keyed the water wheel E, communicating motion thereto anddriving the band pulley F, at one end of said shaft, from which thepower derived from the motor can be transmitted to suitable machinery.As described the water wheel E is mounted eccentrically within thecasing at one side of the vertical center thereof, and is provided withthe parallel side peripheral flanges F between which are arranged thewater buckets G. The said water buckets G are approximatelysemi-circular in shape and are formed in separate sections or sets G, asillustrated."

Each section of buckets is provided with theinwardlyprojectingboltsH,whichareclamped by means of the nuts h, in therim of the wheel so as to removably secure the buckets between theperipheral side flanges of the wheel. The, sections G, are integralcastings having a series ofintegral water buckets, and the bases or baseplatesfrom which the bolts H, project, are curved to correspondtothecurvatu reof the rim of the wheel, so as to snugly fit thereon, andin order to provide a construction whereby the several separate castingsor sections can be circularly aligned to complete the water wheel seriesof buckets. This providesa construction which allows for the removal andreplacing of any section of buckets at will, while at the same timesimplifying the bucket construction of water wheels by rendering thesame much easier to manufacture. Inasmuch as the shape of, the bucketsis approximately semi-circular, it will be readily seen that after thesame have assumed a position to hold the impact of water jettedtherein,that the waterisalmostimmediately turned out of or shed from thesame as will be readily apparent.

The casing A is provided in the top thereof and at one side of theeccentrically located wheel therein with the open socket I, extendingtherethrough and having upon the under side thereof within the casingthe wedge inclines J, said socket or opening being also provided withthe opposite guide grooves K, designed forthe purposes now to bedescribed. The water pipe L, terminates at one end in the integralreduced jet nozzle M disposed at right angles with the main portion ofthe pipe, and adapted to be passed into and through the open socket I.At the base of the reduced nozzle M, is formed a binding shoulder Ndirectly below which are the opposite locking lugs O, which lugs aredesigned to register with the opposite guide grooves in said socket asthe nozzle is passed theret-hrough. Now it will be readily seen thatafter the nozzle has been passed through the open sockets and the lugsthereof have passed below the guide grooves K, that by swinging th'epipe L a quarter revolutionso as to bring the same directly over and ina line with the top of the casing, that the said locking lugs 0 willride under the wedge inclines or under shoulders of said socket, andthereby tightly clamp the nozzle and pipe in position,

said pipe being further provided with the securing flanges P which areremovably or temporarily bolted to the top of the casing while the motoris in operation. By releasing the pipe L from the top of the casing andswinging the same around until the lugs O align with the grooves K, thenozzle can be easily Withdrawn.

The water supply pipe L is provided with a spherical air chamber Rextending above the same and providing means for allowing the water tobe jetted against the water wheel in a steady regular stream. The nozzleM projects downward into the casing and directs its stream against thebuckets of the wheel upon that side farthest from the side rim of thecasing, the eccentric disposition of the wheel allowing the nozzle to bearranged in this position which gives the greatest power from the jet,the water also receiving some power from the force of gravity. It willbe seen that by having the nozzle M, arranged in an approximatelyvertical plane at one side and near the top of the eccentricallydisposed wheel, the jet from said nozzle will have its full head,assisted by gravity, directed into each separate bucket before itreaches the horizontal center of the casing, and also directed into eachbucket so that the full force of the jet will be exerted tangentially onthe wheel without being thrown into the bottom of the buckets againstthe rim of the wheel. The water thrown from the buckets finds escapethrough the bottom discharge or outlet B, but in order to prevent thewater from being carried around the casing by the wheel,

a baffle lug or plate S is cast integral with the casing inside of thesame at one side of the bottom outlet B and projects to a point in closeproximity to the periphery of the wheel to secure the result noted.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, proportion and theminor details of construction may be resorted to without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

In a hydraulic motor, the combination with the casing having a bottomdischarge opening, and the jet nozzle removably clamped within the upperend of said casing; of a wa' ter wheel mounted within said casing andprovided with a circular rim and parallel side peripheral flangesarising from opposite edges of the rim, and a series of separatecircularly aligned sections of water buckets, each section comprising aseries of integrally cast semi-circular buckets and curved base platesfitting the curved rim of the wheel and having inwardly projecting boltsadapted to be clamped in the rim of the wheel, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. WHITE. Vitnesses:

JOHN H. WHIT WILLIAM H. HART.

